The English Renaissance: An Anthology of Sources and Documents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 13
INTRODUCTION......Page 16
Injunctions Given by the Queen's Majesty......Page 17
Textual and editorial policy......Page 22
The Bible......Page 28
William Tyndale, A Prologue, Showing the Use of Scripture......Page 32
The Book of Common Prayer......Page 34
Certain Sermons or Homilies......Page 38
An Act for the Uniformity of Common Prayer and Service in the Church, and the Administration of the Sacraments......Page 40
John Jewel, An Apology or Answer in Defence of the Church of England......Page 42
John Foxe, Acts and Monuments......Page 44
The Thirty-Nine Articles......Page 46
Archbishop Parker, The Advertisements......Page 49
Papal Bull......Page 51
An Admonition to Parliament......Page 52
Richard Fitz, The Separatist Covenant......Page 54
John Rogers, The Displaying of an Horrible Sect......Page 56
Robert Southwell, An Humble Supplication to her Majesty......Page 58
Lady Margaret Hoby, Diary......Page 60
The Millenary Petition......Page 63
Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical......Page 64
Arthur Dent, The Plain Man's Pathway to Heaven......Page 67
William Laud, Speech Delivered in the Star Chamber at the Censure of John Bastwick, Henry Burton and William Prynne......Page 71
Joseph Hall, Episcopacy by Divine Right......Page 73
The Root and Branch Petition......Page 75
Thomas Edwards, Gangraena......Page 78
The Sussex Clubmen's Petition to Parliament......Page 81
Abiezer Coppe, A Fiery Flying Roll......Page 82
Mary Cary, A New and More Exact Map or Description of New Jerusalem's Glory......Page 84
Anna Trapnel's Report and Plea......Page 86
James Naylor, A Caution to All......Page 87
Instrument of Government......Page 90
Margaret Fell Fox, A Declaration and an Information from us People of God Called Quakers......Page 91
The Clarendon Code......Page 93
Thomas Elyot, The Governor......Page 99
The Act of Supremacy......Page 102
John Knox, The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women......Page 104
John Aylmer, An Harborow for Faithful and True Subjects......Page 106
An Exhortation Concerning Good Order and Obedience......Page 107
George Buchanan, De Jure Regni......Page 110
Thomas Smith, De Republica Anglorum......Page 113
Elizabeth Tudor: Speeches to Parliament......Page 115
Richard Hooker, The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity......Page 117
Nicholas Machiavelli, The Prince......Page 119
Edmund Spenser, A View of the Present State of Ireland......Page 122
Francis Bacon, A Declaration of the Practices and Treasons Attempted and Committed by Robert Late Earl of Essex......Page 129
Francis Bacon, A Brief Discourse Touching the Happy Union......Page 131
James Stuart, The True Law of Free Monarchies......Page 133
James Stuart, Speech to Parliament......Page 136
John Chamberlain, Letters on the Overbury Affair......Page 137
The Petition of Right......Page 140
The Grand Remonstrance......Page 142
Richard Overton, An Agreement of the People......Page 146
Charles Stuart, His Majesty's Reasons Against the Pretended Jurisdiction of the High Court......Page 148
An Act for the Abolishing of the Kingly Office......Page 150
An Act for Subscribing the Engagement......Page 151
Gerrard Winstanley, The Law of Freedom in a Platform......Page 152
The Instrument of Government......Page 155
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan......Page 156
James Harrington, Oceana......Page 159
The Humble Petition and Advice, 1657......Page 162
The Declaration of Breda......Page 164
Robert Crowley, An Information and Petition Against the Oppressors of the Poor Commons of this Realm......Page 169
John Awdeley, The Fraternity of Vagabonds......Page 173
Castiglione, The Courtier......Page 174
Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws......Page 178
The Statute of Artificers......Page 182
Thomas Tusser, A Hundred Good Points of Husbandry......Page 190
John Stowe, A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster......Page 192
Philip Stubbes, Anatomy of Abuses......Page 195
Thomas Smith, De Republica Anglorum......Page 200
The Lord Mayor and the Aldermen of the City of London's Letter to the Privy Council......Page 205
Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum......Page 206
An Act for the Relief of the Poor......Page 209
Proclamation Prohibiting Access to Court Because of Plague......Page 211
Pricing Proclamation......Page 212
Vagrancy Proclamation......Page 214
London Wages......Page 216
Extravagance at Court......Page 217
William Gouge, Of Domestical Duties......Page 219
Francis Bacon, Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral......Page 222
Declaration Concerning Sports......Page 223
Henry Peacham, The Art of Living in London......Page 225
Thomas Elyot, The Governor......Page 234
Thomas Hoby 'Preface' to The Courtier......Page 240
Thomas Becon, The Catechism......Page 241
Roger Ascham, The Schoolmaster......Page 247
Richard Mulcaster, Positions......Page 250
Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning......Page 257
Henry Peacham, The Complete Gentleman......Page 260
Thomas Powell, Tom of all Trades......Page 265
Johann Comenius, A Reformation of Schools......Page 266
John Milton, Of Education......Page 269
William Dell, A Trial of Spirits......Page 273
John Webster, Academiarum Examen: or the Examination of the Academies......Page 275
Charles Hoole, A New Discovery of the Old Art of Teaching School......Page 278
Anna Maria van Schurman, The Learned Maid......Page 284
Tottel's Songs and Sonnets......Page 291
Castiglione, The Courtier......Page 292
Injunctions given by the Queen's Majesty......Page 293
Roger Ascham, The Schoolmaster......Page 294
Margaret Tyler, The Mirror of Princely Deeds and Knighthood......Page 297
Stephen Gosson, The School of Abuse......Page 300
William Webbe, A Discourse of English Poetry......Page 302
Philip Sidney, An Apology for Poetry......Page 304
George Puttenham, The Art of English Poesy......Page 310
Thomas Nashe, The Anatomy of Absurdity......Page 318
George Pettie, Guazzo's Civil Conversation......Page 320
Edmund Spenser, 'Letter of the Author', prefaced to The Faerie Queene......Page 322
John Harrington, 'Preface' to Orlando Furioso......Page 323
Philemon Holland, 'Preface' to Pliny's Natural History......Page 324
Thomas Campion, Observations in the Art of English Poesy......Page 326
Samuel Daniel, A Defence of Rhyme......Page 329
William Camden, Remains of Britain......Page 332
Aemilia Lanyer, Salve Deus Rex Judeaorum......Page 334
Ben Jonson, Discoveries......Page 335
Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning......Page 339
Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture......Page 341
John Milton, Areopagitica......Page 347
John Milton The Reason of Church Government......Page 352
William Davenant, 'Preface' to Gondibert......Page 353
Inigo Jones, Stonehenge Restored......Page 356
Pseud. Albertus Magnus, The Book of Secrets......Page 364
Cornelius Henry Agrippa, Of the Uncertainty and Vanity of Sciences......Page 365
John Dee, 'Preface' to Euclid's Elements......Page 368
Thomas Digges, Perfect Description of the Celestial Orbs......Page 369
Reginald Scott, The Discovery of Witchcraft......Page 372
Galen and Culpeper, Art of Physic......Page 377
Roger Bacon, The Mirror of Alchemy......Page 382
John Gerard, Herbal......Page 385
William Gilbert, Of Magnetism......Page 390
Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning......Page 392
Galileo Galilei, The Starry Messenger......Page 395
Helkiah Crooke, Microcosmographia......Page 398
Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy......Page 402
Francis Bacon, The Great Instauration......Page 405
William Harvey, On the Motion of the Heart and Blood......Page 411
Rene Descartes, Discourse of Method......Page 412
John Wilkins, The Discovery of a World in the Moon......Page 417
Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises......Page 418
William Harvey, Anatomical Exercitations......Page 421
John Webster, The Examination of Academies......Page 423
William Coles, Adam in Eden......Page 425
Thomas Mouffet, The Theatre of Insects......Page 428
Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chemist......Page 430
Erasmus, In Laud and Praise of Matrimony......Page 436
Roesslin, The Birth of Mankind......Page 437
A Dialogue Between the Common Secretary and Jealousy, Touching the Unstableness of Harlots......Page 439
C. Pyrrye, The Praise and Dispraise of Women......Page 443
Vives, The Office and Duty of an Husband......Page 444
Castiglione, The Courtier......Page 448
An Homily of the State of Matrimony......Page 450
John Calvin, A Commentary upon St. Paul's Epistles to the Corinthians......Page 454
Stephen Gosson, The School of Abuse......Page 457
Edmund Tilney, The Flower of Friendship......Page 458
Stephen Guazzo, The Civil Conversation......Page 461
Francis Meres, God's Arithemetic......Page 462
Dod and Cleaver, A Godly Form of Household Government......Page 463
Torquato Tasso and Hercule Tasso, Of Marriage and Wiving......Page 466
Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum......Page 468
Guillemeau, Childbirth, or the Happy Delivery of Women......Page 471
John Chamberlain on Women's Dress......Page 472
Thomas Gataker, Two Sermons......Page 473
Cornelius Lapidus, The Great Commentary of Cornelius Lapidus......Page 476
Helkiah Crooke, Microcosmographia......Page 478
Richard Brathwaite, The English Gentleman......Page 480
William Gouge, Of Domestical Duties......Page 481
Jacques du Bosc, The Complete Woman......Page 484
Mary Tattle-Well and Joan Hit-Him-Home, The Women's Sharp Revenge......Page 487
Katherine Chidley, The Justification of the Independent Churches of Christ......Page 490
The Saint's Testimony......Page 492
The Complete Midwife's Practice Enlarged......Page 494
Peter Martyr, The Decades......Page 501
A Brief Relation of Two Sundry Voyages made by the Worshipful Mr. William Hawkins, 1530 and 1532......Page 507
Thomas Gresham, 'Advice on Exchange Rates'......Page 508
The voyage made by Mr. John Hawkins . . . to the Coast of Guinea and the Indies of Nova Hispania......Page 509
A Discourse . . . by one Miles Philips......Page 514
Thomas Wilson, A Discourse Upon Usury......Page 520
Letters Patent to Sir Humphrey Gilbert......Page 521
The First English Voyage to Virginia......Page 522
Thomas Harriot, A Brief and True Report of the New-foundLand of Virginia......Page 524
Walter Raleigh, The Discovery of Guiana......Page 532
Richard Hakluyt, 'Preface' to The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffics and Discoveries of the English Nation......Page 534
Charter to the East India Company......Page 536
Michel Montaigne, 'Of Cannibals', Essays......Page 537
Jean Bodin, Six Books of a Commonweal......Page 541
James I, Charter to the Virginia Company......Page 543
Robert Gray, A Good Speed to Virginia......Page 544
William Strachey, A True Reportory of the Wrack......Page 548
A Brief Declaration of the Present State of Things in Virginia......Page 549
John Smith, A Description of New England......Page 552
Edward Winslow, A Relation or Journal of the Proceedings of the Plantation Settled at Plymouth, New England......Page 556
Edward Misselden, Free Trade......Page 557
Gerard de Malynes, The Maintenance of Free Trade......Page 560
Francis Bacon, Of Usury......Page 562
John Smith, Advertisements for the Unexperienced Planters of New-England......Page 564
The Navigation Act......Page 568
Chronology......Page 570
Notes......Page 602
Select bibliographies......Page 609
Index......Page 616